Robert Anson Heinlein nejznámější citáty
Robert Anson Heinlein citáty a výroky
„Motýli nejsou hmyz. Jsou to samohybné květiny.“
Originál: (en) Butterflies are not insects. They are self propelled flowers.
Zdroj: [Heinlein, Robert Anson, 1988, The cat who walks through walls: a comedy of manners, Ace Books, 369, angličtina]
„Básník, který čte své verše na veřejnosti, mívá obvykle i další hrozné zlozvyky.“
Originál: (en) A poet who reads his verse in public may have other nasty habits.
Zdroj: [Baen, Jim, 1988, New Destinies, Svazek 6, Baen Books, 63, angličtina]
Starship Troopers
Starship Troopers
Starship Troopers
Starship Troopers
Starship Troopers
„Úmrtnost máme stejnou jako všichni ostatní - jedno úmrtí na osobu, dřív nebo později.“
Zdroj: Kniha Tunel do nebes
Zdroj: Kniha Hvězdná pěchota
Robert Anson Heinlein: Citáty anglicky
“The drive for power is even less logical than the sex urge… and stronger.”
Zdroj: Stranger in a Strange Land
“Money problems can always be solved by a man not frightened by them.”
Zdroj: Have Space Suit—Will Travel
“Women talk when they want to. Or don't.”
Zdroj: The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
“He's as weird as snake's suspenders but sweet as a stolen kiss, too.”
Zdroj: Stranger in a Strange Land
“Madam, the commonest weakness of our race is our ability to rationalize our most selfish purposes.”
Zdroj: The Star Beast (1954), Chapter 14, “Destiny? Fiddlesticks!” (p. 219)
Zdroj: "The Happy Days Ahead" in Expanded Universe (1980)
Kontext: I started clipping and filing by categories on trends as early as 1930 and my "youngest" file was started in 1945.
Span of time is important; the 3-legged stool of understanding is held up by history, languages, and mathematics. Equipped with these three you can learn anything you want to learn. But if you lack any one of them you are just another ignorant peasant with dung on your boots.
“… a book need never die and should not be killed; books were the immortal part of man.”
Zdroj: Farnham's Freehold
“Christ was crucified for preaching without a police permit”
Zdroj: Stranger in a Strange Land
“Damnit! Nationalism should stop at the stratosphere!”
Zdroj: The Man Who Sold the Moon